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France Criticizes ‘Demagogic’ Move by Israel to Ban Hard-Left Leader Melenchon

World  09 November 2026, France, Paris: France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, speaks during a G7 foreign ministers' meeting in Paris. (dpa)

France Criticizes ‘Demagogic’ Move by Israel to Ban Hard-Left Leader Melenchon

France has ‌criticized as "demagogic" a decision by Israel to ban French hard-left presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchonand another leading figure in…

World Congolese workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) walk outside the Ebola Treatment Center at the Bunia General Referral Hospital following a resurgence of Ebola involving the Bundibugyo strain, in Bunia, Ituri province, the Democratic Republic of Congo, November 2, 2026. (Reuters)

UN Hails Progress in Ebola Response, Cites Insecurity as Biggest Challenge

UN health officials on Friday hailed progress in the Ebola response six months after the outbreak first prompted global concerns, but cautioned that the…

World Workers install signage for the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) China 2026 summit on the wall of a building in Shenzhen, China's Guangdong province on November 12, 2026. (AFP)

Five Facts About APEC with Trump, Putin and Xi Set to Attend

Attention will focus next week ‌on a summit of US, Chinese and Russian leaders set for the 21-member gathering of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation …

World Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a ceremony for the exchange of signed documents at the Akasaka State Guest House in Tokyo, Japan, 09 November 2026. (EPA)

Takaichi to Attend APEC in First China Trip as PM

Japan said Friday that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi would visit China next week for the first time since she took office last year, attending an Asia-Pacific…

World  A police officer inspects the site of a residential house damaged by a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine November 13, 2026. (Reuters)

Europe Pushes for Seat at Ukraine Peace Talks ‌but Lacks Unified Voice

European nations are seeking an envoy to represent them in talks on ending the Russia-Ukraine war, concerned that a US-backed process will leave them sidelined…


World US President Donald Trump arrives at the White House, in Washington, DC, USA, 01 March 2026. EPA/WILL OLIVER

Trump Vows to Avenge US Military Deaths

US President Donald Trump has vowed to avenge the deaths of three American soldiers killed during operations against Iran, while warning that more casualties…

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World In this image provided by the UK Ministry of Defense, a Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 is prepared to take off to carry out airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, from RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (AS1 Leah Jones/Ministry of Defence via AP)

British Air Base in Cyprus Hit by Suspected Drone Strike

Britain's Royal Air Force base Akrotiri in Cyprus was hit by a suspected drone strike overnight, causing limited damage and no casualties, Cypriot authorities…

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World US President Donald Trump delivers remarks during an event at the Port of Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, Texas, US, February 27, 2026. (Reuters)

Iranian Leaders Want to Talk, Says Trump

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Iran's new leadership wants to talk to him and that he has agreed, according to an interview with the Atlantic…

World Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi addresses a special session of the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations, aside of US-Iran talks in Geneva, Switzerland, February 17, 2026. (Reuters)

Iran Insists ‘No Limit’ Its Right to Self-Defense, Says FM

A top Iranian official on Sunday rejected President Donald Trump's warning not to retaliate against massive US-Israel bombardments, saying there would be "no…

World Aircraft attached to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 sit on the flight deck of the US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in support of the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran, February 28, 2026. (US Navy/Handout via Reuters)

Three US Military Members Killed in Iran Operation

The US military Sunday said three service members have been killed and five seriously wounded in the operation against Iran -- the first casualties of any kind…

World Iranians folding the national flag, march in mourning the day after the assassination of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in joint US and Israeli strikes, in Tehran on March 1, 2026. (AFP)

Iranians Grieve, Celebrate, Worry After Khamenei’s Killing

Iranians were experiencing a mix of shock, grief and joy after the death of supreme leader Ali Khamenei as Israeli and US strikes extended into a second day…

World People watch as smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP)

Hackers Hit Iranian Apps, Websites After US-Israeli Strikes

A wave of cyber-enabled operations took place early Saturday morning alongside the joint US-Israeli attack on targets across Iran, according to cybersecurity…

World  A video grab image taken from footage released by the Israeli military on March 1, 2026, shows what it says are large-scale strikes on "the headquarters of the Iranian terror regime" in Tehran on March 1. (Photo by Handout / Israeli Army / AFP)

Israel Military Says It Has Destroyed Half of Iran's Missile Stockpiles

The Israeli military on Sunday said it had destroyed roughly half of Iran's missile stockpiles in the previous war in June 2025, adding the Iranian republic…

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World Smoke rises in central Tehran after an Israeli attack in Iran, 01 March 2026. (EPA)

North Korea Condemns US-Israel Attacks on Iran as ‘Illegal’

North Korea condemned on Sunday the ongoing United States and Israeli attack on Iran as an "illegal act of aggression", claiming it had shown Washington's …

World  EU High Representative and Vice-President for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas speaks to the press as she arrives for the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on February 23, 2026. (AFP)

EU Says Khamenei’s Killing Brings Both Hope and Peril

Top EU officials said Sunday the killing of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli strikes could spell "hope" for the country -- but carried a…

World  In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via videolink in Moscow on February 27, 2026. (AFP)

Putin Calls Khamenei Killing ‘Cynical Violation’ of ‘Morality and International Law’

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday slammed the United States and Israel's killing of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei in as a "cynical violation" of…

World Britain's Defense Secretary John Healey appears on the BBC's program, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg in London, Britain, March 1, 2026. (Jeff Overs/BBC/Handout via Reuters)

UK Says Missiles Fired in ‘Direction of Cyprus’ During Iran Conflict

Britain's defense secretary said Sunday that "Iranian indiscriminate retaliatory attacks" to US-Israeli strikes included "two ballistic missiles fired in the…

World  Smoke rises up after a strike in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP)

Report: CIA Intel Guided Strikes That Killed Iran Supreme Leader

CIA intelligence indicating Ali Khamenei would attend a meeting of top Iranian officials helped guide strikes in a US and Israeli attack that killed Iran's…

World The seized 'Ethera' vessel is docked at the naval base in Zeebrugge, on March 1, 2026. (Photo by NICOLAS MAETERLINCK / Belga / AFP)

Belgium Seizes Russian 'Shadow Fleet' Tanker

Belgium's special forces boarded and seized an oil tanker from the "shadow fleet" Russia uses to circumvent Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine, the…

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World This photograph taken on February 14, 2026 shows hands of a wage-labourer under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) toiling a dirt road at a road-construction site at Balapur Dolkarpada village in Maharashtra's Palghar district. (AFP)

Blast at India Explosives Factory Kills 17

A blast at an explosives factory killed at least 17 people and injured 18 others on Sunday, officials in the western Indian state of Maharashtra said. Prime…

World Members of the Iranian diaspora celebrate following US and Israeli military strikes on Iran, outside the Embassy of Iran in Canberra, Australia, 01 March 2026. (EPA)

Iranian Australians Celebrate News of Khamenei’s Death

Iranian Australians celebrated Sunday as news emerged that Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in a major attack on Iran launched by Israel and the…

World Buildings of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters reflect in doors with the agency's logo during the IAEA's Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, Austria on June 13, 2025. (AFP)

UN Nuclear Agency to Hold Extraordinary Meeting on Iran Monday

The United Nations' nuclear agency will hold an extraordinary meeting on Iran on Monday in the wake of the US-Israeli strikes on the country, aimed in part at…

World Demonstrators wave flags and march in celebration following the US and Israeli strikes in Iran; in Los Angeles, California, USA, 28 February 2026. (EPA)

Cheers, Mourning as Iran’s Khamenei Is Killed

Cheers in Tehran. Retaliation and mourning announced by Iran. Protests erupting in some parts of the world, celebrations in others. The world greeted with…

World  A Shiite supporter of the Imamia Student Organization (ISO) holds a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Iran's national flag, during a protest against Israel and the US strikes on Iran, in Karachi, Pakistan February 28, 2026. (Reuters)

8 Killed in Pro-Iran Protest at US Consulate in Pakistan’s Karachi

At least eight people were killed during pro-Iran protests at the United States consulate in the Pakistan megacity of Karachi on Sunday, a rescue service…

World A traveler checks departure times as many flights are cancelled at Beirut Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026, as many airlines canceled flights due to the conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Airspace Closed, Flights Cancelled as US-Iran Conflict Flares

Thousands of flights have been delayed or cancelled in the biggest disruption to global air transport since the Covid pandemic as airlines suspend services to…

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World Ukrainian soldiers take part in a final tactical exercise on the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, held at a British Army training camp in East Anglia, Britain, February 24, 2026. REUTERS/Chris Radburn

Russian Strikes Kills One in East Ukraine

A Russian strike has killed one man and wounded four in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk, the eastern region's military administration head said early on Sunday. …

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World Afghan refugees returning from neighboring Pakistan wait at a refugee camp near the Torkham border crossing, in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, 28 February 2026. (EPA)

Afghanistan Fires at Pakistani Jets Over Kabul as Conflict Intensifies

Afghanistan said it was firing at Pakistani jets in Kabul after blasts and gunfire rocked the capital on Sunday, compounding instability in a region rattled by…

World FILE PHOTO: Reza Pahlavi, the last heir apparent to the defunct throne of the Imperial State of Iran and the current head of the exiled House of Pahlavi speaks during an interview with Reuters in Washington, US, January 3, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

Pahlavi: Khamenei's Death Marks the Actual End of the ‘Islamic Republic’

The son of the deposed Shah of Iran praised on Saturday Donald Trump's announcement of the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, saying that the Islamic…